Non-refillable bottle.



E. A. LANGTON.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4. 19M.

1,134,210. Patented Apr. e, 1915.

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EDWARD A. LANGTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLEST. HAYNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REEILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. e, 1915.

Application led April 4, 1914. Serial No. 829,411.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. LANGToN, a citizen of the United States,and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Reillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification, such aswill enable .those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, ars and similar vessels, andthe object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class which havingbeen once filled and emptied of its contents cannot be reiilled orre-used.

The invention described and claimed herewith is an improvement on thatdescribed and claimed in Letters Patent of the United States No.1,047,662, issued December 17, 1912, and said invention is fullydisclosed in the following specification of which the accompanyingdrawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement aredesignated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and inwhich y Figure 1 is -a central vertical sectional view of the neckportion of a bottle provided with my improvement ;-Fig. 2 a similar Viewshowing the bottle inverted or partially so, and ;--Fig. 3 a crosssection on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a theneck of a bottle of the usual or any preferred form, and in which is anannular valve seat a2 forming a passage way a3 adapted to be closed by avalve o normally seated on said valve seat, and comprising a cylindricaltop portion or head having a downwardly directed projection b2 whichextends below said valve seat. I also secure in the neck of the bottleat a predetermined distance above the valve seat a2 a conical plug chaving a cylindrical base portion c2 and a central longitudinal bore orpassage c3 which is also preferably tapered from the bottom to the topof said plug, and in said bore or passage are longitudinal ribs c4 anydesired number of which may be employed.

In the construction shown, the plug c, or the base thereof, rests on anannular shoulder a4 in the neck of the bottle, and formed in said neckabove said shoulder is an annular groove a5 which communicates with anannular groove 05 in the base portion of the plug c, and in order tosecure said plug in the neck of the bottle, the grooves a5 and c5 arefilled with cement cl, but my invention is not limited to thisparticular method of securing the plug in the neck, and said plug may besecured in position in any desired manner.

I also provide a closure stopper d2 which is adapted to lit in the topof the neck of the bottle, and which is provided with an annular rimportion als whichrests on said neck, and passing vertically through theplug c and secured centrally in the stopper d2 is a rod-e the lower endof which is provided with a head e2 which, when the parts are assembledinto the position shown in Fig. 1, extends to within a very shortdisltance of the valve b, as clearly shown in said gure.

All the parts of the neck attachment involving the valve b, the plug c,the stopper cl2 and the rod e are preferably composed of glass,porcelain or similar material, and the stopper Z2 is provided centrallyof the bottom thereof with a recess or chamber alt adapted to receivethe top portion of the plug c, and while the top portion of the plug cis conical in form and the side walls of the recess or chamber d* ofsimilar form, this is not an essential element of the construction, andsaid parts may be cylindrical in form, if desired.

In assembling the parts 0 and e, the rod e is first passed upwardlythrough the plug c and secured in the top of the stopper d2, after whichthe plug c is inserted into the neck of the bottle, and the stop cr d2is raised and the liquid cement for i ling the grooves a5 and 05 ispoured between the neck of the bottle and the stopper d2, while thelatter is in a raised position.

In the use of a bottle or similar vessel provided with my improvement,the said vessel is first filled with the desired contents, after whichthe valve b is dropped into position, and the assembled parts c, d2 ande are then placed in the neck and the plug c secured as above described,and if at any time, it is desired to empty the bottle, or discharge aportion of its contents, the stopper d2 is raised and the bottleinverted or tilted, as shown in Fig. 2, when the parts c, d2 and e willassume the position shown in said iigure, the valve b will dropforwardly or downwardly and the contents 'of the bottle will iow outlthrough the plug c and into andl around the stopper Z2 and out, asindi-"I` y neck in the bottom of whichis an Vannular valveseat, avalveadapted to be seated on cated by the arrows X.

VThe head e2 of the rod e is valveshaped in form, and the ribs c* in theybore of the. y

plug c are intendedto prevent the said-head e2V from closing the plug -cwhenthebottle Y is'inverted or tilted, as shown in- Fig.

The valve Z) may also be made so as to serve as a float, and if anattempt be made to force liquids into the bottle, while holding thelatter in an upright or partially upright position, said valve will'riseto its seat, and no liquids can enter the bottle.

It will be observed that the chamber f,

the valve yZvand the head e2 of the rod e are so proportioned that kthevalve b has but slight movement, and the downwardly directed projectionb2 thereof always holdsn said valve in position for operation, and theproportional sizes of these parts may be so regulated that the valve Z)will have even slighter movement than with the construction shown. YHaving fully .described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;4.-

*Abottle or .other vessel said valve seat and rprovided with adownwardly directed projection, a hollow plug se cured in said neckand'having an upwardly directed eXtensionf-a stopper adapted to closesaid necky and providedfcentrally of the bottom thereof with av recessor 'chamberadaptedV to receive theeXtension of the plug, and a rodVpassedV upwardly through said plug Vand secured in said, stopper andmovable longitudinallyY throughv said. plug and provided at its lowerendwith `a head normally supported adjacent 'to saidgvalve.

'In testimony that. I claim the: foregoing I i as 'my invention I havesigned my namein presence of the subscribing witnesses .this 2nd day ofAprilv 1914.`

EDWARD A. LAueToN.

Witnesses z' Y C. VMULREANY, S. ANDREWS.

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